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Your God has decreed your strength.Show your strength, God,you who have acted on our behalf.

Ambassadors will come from Egypt;Cush will stretch out its hands to God.

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;sing praise to the Lord,Selah

God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.Blessed be God!

Save me, God,for the water has risen to my neck.

I am weary from my crying;my throat is parched.My eyes fail, looking for my God.

God, you know my foolishness,and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

Do not let those who put their hope in yoube disgraced because of me,Lord God of Armies;do not let those who seek yoube humiliated because of me,God of Israel.

But as for me, Lord,my prayer to you is for a time of favor.In your abundant, faithful love, God,answer me with your sure salvation.

But as for me—poor and in pain—let your salvation protect me, God.

The humble will see it and rejoice.You who seek God, take heart!

for God will save Zionand build up the cities of Judah.They will live there and possess it.

God, hurry to rescue me.Lord, hurry to help me!

Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;let those who love your salvationcontinually say, “God is great!”

Deliver me, my God, from the power of the wicked,from the grasp of the unjust and oppressive.

For you are my hope, Lord God,my confidence from my youth.

saying, “God has abandoned him;chase him and catch him,for there is no one to rescue him.”

God, do not be far from me;my God, hurry to help me.

I come because of the mighty acts of the Lord God;I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.

God, you have taught me from my youth,and I still proclaim your wondrous works.